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Five academic scholarships are offered each year exclusively for students seeking the Communications degree. Scholarship applications must be submitted early each year in the Spring semester for the next year's scholarships.
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" As a recipient of the
Kay Lawrence Memorial Scholarship I was able to focus more on my classes and not have to worry where my tuition and books would come from. In return I was also able to re-invest what I would have spent on classes in other educational activities such as participating in a 10-day trip to England and Scotland. It was truly thanks to this scholarship that I was able to make the educational experience of a lifetime a reality, without setting up a financial burden for my future."
- Kevin Hughes |
Aiken Standard Scholarship
Recipient shall be a student majoring in journalism whose area of concentration is the news/editorial sequence and will be selected by the USCA journalism faculty to be interviewed and possibly selected by The Aiken Standard for a summer internship.
Upon completion of a successful internship, the student would be eligible to receive the Aiken Standard Scholarship. Selection of the recipient) of the Aiken Standard Scholarship will be made by the Honors and Awards Scholarship Committee based upon recommendations from the Journalism faculty. If no suitable candidate is selected, the accrued interest can be used to award two scholarships in subsequent years.
Sam Cothran Scholarship
Recipient shall be at least a junior at USCA. Shall have a career objective to work in news print journalism, which includes all aspects of the newspaper industry. Prefer that recipient have at least 2.5 GPA; however, upon recommendation of the USCA Journalism faculty the student may have a GPA as low as 2.0.
The selection of the recipient will be made by the HAS Committee after considering recommendations from the Journalism faculty. In the event there are no qualified applicants for the scholarship, then the annual income may be used to award more than one scholarship in a subsequent year or it may be used to increase the award given to future recipients or it may be returned to the principal.
Kay Lawrence Memorial Scholarship
Awards shall be for USCA students in the news editorial sequence of Journalism. Awards are made to Journalism students to encourage well-written, objective, honest unbiased, covering all sides, news articles and features and editorials that are concise, easily read and express clear points of view.
Recipients should have at least a 2.5 GPR and be at least a rising sophomore. If the income exceeds the cost of one full-tuition scholarship, then the selection committee may award more than one scholarship. In the event that a suitable recipient for the scholarship is not selected, the money may be used at a later time to offer additional scholarship awards. Recommendations made by the appropriate Journalism faculty may be considered by the HAS committee before the final selection.
Chris Whitlaw Memorial Scholarship
The recipient shall be a full-time student majoring in journalism at USCA. The recipient shall have at least a cumulative 2.5 GPR. Selection will be made by the Journalism faculty and a faculty selection committee in concurrence with donors. Recommendations made by the appropriate Journalism faculty considered by the HAS committee before the final selection.
Speech Communications Scholarship
Recommendations made by the appropriate Speech Communication faculty may be considered by the HAS Committee before the final selection.
Service Learning Internships: Apply the principles of effective communication while providing community service.
Media Internships: Gain hands-on experience at local or state newspapers, local broadcast radio and television stations, state agencies, or the Student Press Law Center in Washington, D.C.
